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Aon opens new offices in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013
... opening of offices in Geelong, Springwood by the beginning of next year. The decision to establish a presence in these regions follows increased interest and demand from local clients and Aon's will to provide its client base with more direct and specialised ...

Appetite for overseas assets continues to grow

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... region. Significantly, investors have also shrugged off macroeconomic concerns in China and Western Europe, with both regions gaining in popularity in August. Asia, including Japan, is the second favourite destination for investors. "Transparency has ...

Don't lump Asia Pacific in with EM fall

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... the investor that is capable of understanding the fundamental drivers of both macro trends and asset prices within these regions."

Sovereign wealth funds climb to US$5.5tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... for 40% of SWF assets, the Middle East 35% and Europe 17%. Africa and the Americas accounted for only 3% each with other regions accounting for 2%. Australia's Future Fund is ranked the 13th largest SWF and the seventh largest in the broad Asia region. ...

AMP to buy stake in NZ power co from Brookfield

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... funds. "We see significant opportunity for further growth in the business, with Powerco supplying key population growth regions in New Zealand," AMP Capital Global Head of Infrastructure Scott Davies said. "The strength of the Powerco business and the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... while a similar measure in Europe proved better than expected. "These are good signs for the world's two largest consuming regions," IG market strategist Evan Lucas said. "The fact Europe looks like normalising and could emerge from what is a record-long ...

MSCI upgrades heighten frontier market concentration risk

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... investing in emerging and frontier markets, said the upgrades will see the index heavily weighted to a small number of regions. "The changes will mean exposure of over 50% to two countries - Kuwait and Nigeria - this concentration will increase risk," ...

Frontier and Rogerscasey form research alliance

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... asset managers and global investment concepts by working closely with other independent, research-driven firms in select regions around the world," Segal Rogerscasey chief executive John DeMairo said. "GIRA is an innovative and powerful way for members ...

GSAM builds third party distribution team

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... services sector having previously worked with institutional and wholesale clients across a broad range of assets classes and regions. Most recently Ben was an Investment Specialist for RARE Infrastructure and prior to that covered the Queensland, New ...

Instos take on risk monitoring tools

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... investment interactions, information that is especially helpful for investors who build highly integrated portfolios across regions and sectors. "Markets across the globe are increasingly correlated, and many stocks within those markets are highly correlated ...